diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index ffb1a5b..4215530 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -57,5 +57,8 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT) += trace_kprobe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KSYM_TRACER) += trace_ksym.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING) += power-traces.o
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_TRACING),y)
+obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB_KDB) += trace_kdb.o
+endif
 
 libftrace-y := ftrace.o
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 086d363..d6736b9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -101,10 +101,7 @@
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
-static cpumask_var_t __read_mostly	tracing_buffer_mask;
-
-#define for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)	\
-	for_each_cpu(cpu, tracing_buffer_mask)
+cpumask_var_t __read_mostly	tracing_buffer_mask;
 
 /*
  * ftrace_dump_on_oops - variable to dump ftrace buffer on oops
@@ -1539,11 +1536,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_vprintk);
 
-enum trace_file_type {
-	TRACE_FILE_LAT_FMT	= 1,
-	TRACE_FILE_ANNOTATE	= 2,
-};
-
 static void trace_iterator_increment(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
 	/* Don't allow ftrace to trace into the ring buffers */
@@ -1641,7 +1633,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Find the next real entry, and increment the iterator to the next entry */
-static void *find_next_entry_inc(struct trace_iterator *iter)
+void *trace_find_next_entry_inc(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
 	iter->ent = __find_next_entry(iter, &iter->cpu,
 				      &iter->lost_events, &iter->ts);
@@ -1676,19 +1668,19 @@
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (iter->idx < 0)
-		ent = find_next_entry_inc(iter);
+		ent = trace_find_next_entry_inc(iter);
 	else
 		ent = iter;
 
 	while (ent && iter->idx < i)
-		ent = find_next_entry_inc(iter);
+		ent = trace_find_next_entry_inc(iter);
 
 	iter->pos = *pos;
 
 	return ent;
 }
 
-static void tracing_iter_reset(struct trace_iterator *iter, int cpu)
+void tracing_iter_reset(struct trace_iterator *iter, int cpu)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr = iter->tr;
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
@@ -2049,7 +2041,7 @@
 }
 
 /*  Called with trace_event_read_lock() held. */
-static enum print_line_t print_trace_line(struct trace_iterator *iter)
+enum print_line_t print_trace_line(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
 	enum print_line_t ret;
 
@@ -3211,7 +3203,7 @@
 
 	trace_event_read_lock();
 	trace_access_lock(iter->cpu_file);
-	while (find_next_entry_inc(iter) != NULL) {
+	while (trace_find_next_entry_inc(iter) != NULL) {
 		enum print_line_t ret;
 		int len = iter->seq.len;
 
@@ -3294,7 +3286,7 @@
 		if (ret != TRACE_TYPE_NO_CONSUME)
 			trace_consume(iter);
 		rem -= count;
-		if (!find_next_entry_inc(iter))	{
+		if (!trace_find_next_entry_inc(iter))	{
 			rem = 0;
 			iter->ent = NULL;
 			break;
@@ -3350,7 +3342,7 @@
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		goto out_err;
 
-	if (!iter->ent && !find_next_entry_inc(iter)) {
+	if (!iter->ent && !trace_find_next_entry_inc(iter)) {
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto out_err;
 	}
@@ -4414,7 +4406,7 @@
  */
 #define KERN_TRACE		KERN_EMERG
 
-static void
+void
 trace_printk_seq(struct trace_seq *s)
 {
 	/* Probably should print a warning here. */
@@ -4429,6 +4421,13 @@
 	trace_seq_init(s);
 }
 
+void trace_init_global_iter(struct trace_iterator *iter)
+{
+	iter->tr = &global_trace;
+	iter->trace = current_trace;
+	iter->cpu_file = TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU;
+}
+
 static void
 __ftrace_dump(bool disable_tracing, enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode)
 {
@@ -4454,8 +4453,10 @@
 	if (disable_tracing)
 		ftrace_kill();
 
+	trace_init_global_iter(&iter);
+
 	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
-		atomic_inc(&global_trace.data[cpu]->disabled);
+		atomic_inc(&iter.tr->data[cpu]->disabled);
 	}
 
 	old_userobj = trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_SYM_USEROBJ;
@@ -4504,7 +4505,7 @@
 		iter.iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_LAT_FMT;
 		iter.pos = -1;
 
-		if (find_next_entry_inc(&iter) != NULL) {
+		if (trace_find_next_entry_inc(&iter) != NULL) {
 			int ret;
 
 			ret = print_trace_line(&iter);
@@ -4526,7 +4527,7 @@
 		trace_flags |= old_userobj;
 
 		for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
-			atomic_dec(&global_trace.data[cpu]->disabled);
+			atomic_dec(&iter.tr->data[cpu]->disabled);
 		}
 		tracing_on();
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 2cd9639..0605fc0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -338,6 +338,14 @@
 struct trace_entry *trace_find_next_entry(struct trace_iterator *iter,
 					  int *ent_cpu, u64 *ent_ts);
 
+int trace_empty(struct trace_iterator *iter);
+
+void *trace_find_next_entry_inc(struct trace_iterator *iter);
+
+void trace_init_global_iter(struct trace_iterator *iter);
+
+void tracing_iter_reset(struct trace_iterator *iter, int cpu);
+
 void default_wait_pipe(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 void poll_wait_pipe(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 
@@ -380,6 +388,15 @@
 int register_tracer(struct tracer *type);
 void unregister_tracer(struct tracer *type);
 int is_tracing_stopped(void);
+enum trace_file_type {
+	TRACE_FILE_LAT_FMT	= 1,
+	TRACE_FILE_ANNOTATE	= 2,
+};
+
+extern cpumask_var_t __read_mostly tracing_buffer_mask;
+
+#define for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)	\
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, tracing_buffer_mask)
 
 extern int process_new_ksym_entry(char *ksymname, int op, unsigned long addr);
 
@@ -471,6 +488,8 @@
 		    unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 int trace_array_printk(struct trace_array *tr,
 		       unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...);
+void trace_printk_seq(struct trace_seq *s);
+enum print_line_t print_trace_line(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 
 extern unsigned long trace_flags;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44cbda2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * kdb helper for dumping the ftrace buffer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
+ *
+ * ftrace_dump_buf based on ftrace_dump:
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kgdb.h>
+#include <linux/kdb.h>
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
+
+#include "../debug/kdb/kdb_private.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace_output.h"
+
+static void ftrace_dump_buf(int skip_lines)
+{
+	/* use static because iter can be a bit big for the stack */
+	static struct trace_iterator iter;
+	unsigned int old_userobj;
+	int cnt = 0, cpu;
+
+	trace_init_global_iter(&iter);
+
+	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
+		atomic_inc(&iter.tr->data[cpu]->disabled);
+	}
+
+	old_userobj = trace_flags;
+
+	/* don't look at user memory in panic mode */
+	trace_flags &= ~TRACE_ITER_SYM_USEROBJ;
+
+	kdb_printf("Dumping ftrace buffer:\n");
+
+	/* reset all but tr, trace, and overruns */
+	memset(&iter.seq, 0,
+		   sizeof(struct trace_iterator) -
+		   offsetof(struct trace_iterator, seq));
+	iter.iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_LAT_FMT;
+	iter.pos = -1;
+
+	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
+		iter.buffer_iter[cpu] =
+			ring_buffer_read_prepare(iter.tr->buffer, cpu);
+		ring_buffer_read_start(iter.buffer_iter[cpu]);
+		tracing_iter_reset(&iter, cpu);
+	}
+
+	if (!trace_empty(&iter))
+		trace_find_next_entry_inc(&iter);
+	while (!trace_empty(&iter)) {
+		if (!cnt)
+			kdb_printf("---------------------------------\n");
+		cnt++;
+
+		if (trace_find_next_entry_inc(&iter) != NULL && !skip_lines)
+			print_trace_line(&iter);
+		if (!skip_lines)
+			trace_printk_seq(&iter.seq);
+		else
+			skip_lines--;
+		if (KDB_FLAG(CMD_INTERRUPT))
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!cnt)
+		kdb_printf("   (ftrace buffer empty)\n");
+	else
+		kdb_printf("---------------------------------\n");
+
+out:
+	trace_flags = old_userobj;
+
+	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
+		atomic_dec(&iter.tr->data[cpu]->disabled);
+	}
+
+	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)
+		if (iter.buffer_iter[cpu])
+			ring_buffer_read_finish(iter.buffer_iter[cpu]);
+}
+
+/*
+ * kdb_ftdump - Dump the ftrace log buffer
+ */
+static int kdb_ftdump(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	int skip_lines = 0;
+	char *cp;
+
+	if (argc > 1)
+		return KDB_ARGCOUNT;
+
+	if (argc) {
+		skip_lines = simple_strtol(argv[1], &cp, 0);
+		if (*cp)
+			skip_lines = 0;
+	}
+
+	kdb_trap_printk++;
+	ftrace_dump_buf(skip_lines);
+	kdb_trap_printk--;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static __init int kdb_ftrace_register(void)
+{
+	kdb_register_repeat("ftdump", kdb_ftdump, "", "Dump ftrace log",
+			    0, KDB_REPEAT_NONE);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+late_initcall(kdb_ftrace_register);